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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, how many days a week does the narrator’s mother say she will work at her new job?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

2. What color dress is Lettie wearing in Chapter 3?
(a) Pink.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) White.

3. What color skirt is Lettie wearing when the narrator first meets her?
(a) Green.
(b) Pink.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. What does Old Mrs. Hempstock say happened to the really old country?
(a) It was under a volcano.
(b) It sank.
(c) It blew up.
(d) It was destroyed by a hurricane.

5. How old is the narrator when he goes to Madame Tussauds wax museum?
(a) 8.
(b) 5.
(c) 6.
(d) 7.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far does the narrator pull out the worm from his foot before it resists?

2. In Chapter 7, what is the weather like when the narrator awakens?

3. In the Prologue, how long ago had the new house been sold?

4. What is the name of the cat the opal miner gives to the narrator?

5. What does the narrator read at the beginning of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator have to share a room with his sister in Chapter 2?

2. Who steals the narrator’s father’s car in Chapter 2? Why?

3. What does the narrator find when he examines his foot in Chapter 5?

4. How does the narrator describe Ursula when she first arrives?

5. Why does the opal miner give the narrator a cat in Chapter 1?

6. What does the narrator like and dislike about sharing a bedroom with his sister?

7. What items lead Lettie to the creature in Chapter 4?

8. From whom does the narrator receive a letter in Chapter 3? What is revealed in the letter?

9. What does the narrator’s father do when he comes home from work in Chapter 7?

10. Why does the narrator say that his father has never hit him?

(see the answer keys)

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